On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 01:41:21AM -0400, Forrest Aldrich wrote: > I was posting a message on the tivocommunity forum about whether someone > had considered replacing the actual Tivo software with an opensource > version; something like Freevo. Though I imagine there are issues about > undocumented hardware schematics, et al.
That would likely be the biggest problem; from what I understand, the Tivo doesn't have a very powerful processor, but offload the heavy lifting of mpeg encoding to a dedicated card. Without information on how that card works, it would be very difficult to make a good replacement. That said, I imagine the hardest part (a driver for the card) is probably on the Tivo already in the form of a module, but the rest would still need work. > Perhaps this question has been pondered here before; I would be very > interested in hearing from anyone about this - and whether the Freevo > project has considered this. I can't speak for everyone, but I never thought about it, simply because off the shelf hardware is easier to find than an abandoned Tivo. > Does Freevo utilize the free listings that are available out on the > internet. Yes. Aubin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
